The Mandt Park Swim Pond, located behind the Mandt Community Center, has been a popular place for swimmers for more than 50 years. The water hole is filled with city water and is chlorinated. It features a sand bottom and zero-depth entry, perfect for toddlers.
Darreon Steward, a 2010 graduate of Stoughton High School, said he came from a rough neighborhood and is now looking for a job that will help him continue to succeed. He’s getting help, thanks to a new resource for job seekers in Stoughton. Saturday, July 31, 2010
Stoughton’s new superintendent was already making rounds in the district Tuesday, getting acquainted with staff and checking out his new school district. Thursday, July 15, 2010
A standoff with an apparently suicidal man in Stoughton ended in tragedy Monday when the man shot himself next to his vehicle on Commerce Drive.
The Dane County Coroner’s office isn’t releasing the name of the victim, which is not unusual in a case involving suicide. However, he is believed to be from the Stoughton area. Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Comfort Inn paid its overdue room tax to the city and the restored funds allowed the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce to upgrade its website. Monday, July 12, 2010
A Jefferson developer was sentenced Thursday in federal court to five years in prison and placed on five years probation in connection with defrauding Evergreen State Bank, 207 S. Forrest, out of $4 million. Sunday, July 04, 2010
A tense scene Saturday at a rowdy graduation party in Eastside Park led Stoughton police to charge four family members with disorderly conduct and another with resisting/obstructing an officer. Sunday, July 04, 2010
A Stoughton woman was charged with obstructing/resisting an officer but the Dane County District Attorney’s office declined to charge Jamie Anderson, 18, with battery to a police officer – even though she bit one of the officers while attempting to restrain her. Sunday, June 27, 2010
If you didn’t know where Badfish Creek was before, you will now. The 22-mile-long stream is crossed by 12 rural bridges, but prior to 2009, only the sign by Cooksville identified the waterway. Saturday, June 26, 2010
Understaffed and overcrowded relative to other area communities, the Stoughton Library Board has begun to campaign for a $500,000 renovation of the library’s second floor. Saturday, June 26, 2010
Oops! Contractors hired to paint the the new Racetrack Park had some explaining to do Thursday when reports started trickling in that “something is wrong” with the tower. Wednesday, June 23, 2010
